Curio

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Latin

Etymology

From cūriō (“tha master of a curia”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.ri.oː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ri.o/,

Proper noun

Cūriō m sg (genitive Cūriōnis); third declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Gaius Scribonius Curio, a Roman consul

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cūriō
genitive	Cūriōnis
dative	Cūriōnī
accusative	Cūriōnem
ablative	Cūriōne
vocative	Cūriō

Derived terms

Cūriōniānus

References

“Curio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Curio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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